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From the DNC: Sherri Morgan reports, Day 4

Editor's Note: Franklin County Democratic Committee Chair Sherri Morgan, PHD, RN, reports this week from Philadelphia and the Democratic National Convention, where she is an appointed delegate and a Bernie Sanders supporter.

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From the DNC: Sherri Morgan reports, Day 4

Sherri Morgan, DNC delegate
Published 1:47 p.m. ET July 28, 2016

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Sheri Morgan, photographed Friday, July 21, 2016 with her Bernie Sanders sign, will be headed to the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia on Monday.(Photo: Markell DeLoatch, Public Opinion)Buy Photo

Editor's Note: Franklin County Democratic Committee Chair Sherri Morgan, PHD, RN, reports this week from Philadelphia and the Democratic National Convention, where she is an appointed delegate and a Bernie Sanders supporter. This will be the fourth in a series of daily reports in which she will keep local Democrats informed of the happenings at the big event , as Democrats prepare to campaign for their presidential nominee, Hillary Clinton, and her running mate, Tim Kaine.

Wow! Things here at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia couldn't get more interesting.

At this morning's Pennsylvania delegation breakfast we heard from Cecile Richards of Planned Parenthood. She reminded us of the possibility of our next president having several Supreme Court vacancies. If we are serious about protecting a woman's right to choose and family planning, we need to elect a pro-choice president. She was speaking to the choir.

Next up was Missouri's Senator Claire McCaskill. Since I and all of my children were born in St. Louis, we always enjoy having the opportunity to shout, "Go Tigers! M-I-Z-Z-O-U!"

But, the most interesting part of breakfast occurred when activist Cindy Purvis from Erie County led a mic-check and asked the PA Dems Chair, Marcel Groen, to give some speech time to our 10 candidates running for Congress. Chairman Groen registered his displeasure with the action. He promised he would allow the candidates to speak at today's lunch meeting. We'll see.

Now, could we have had a better evening than the one we had last night? The speaker line-up was a who's who of fancy, elite Democrats. We heard from Vice Presidential candidate Tim Kaine, Dr. Jill Biden, Vice President Joe Biden, and President Clinton. They were all on message: There is practically no one in the history of our nation who is as prepared as Hillary Clinton is to fill the position of our next president.

When VP candidate Tim Kaine spoke, the Oregon and California delegations began chanting, "No TPP!" This brought about punishment from the convention organizers and security. Later, both delegations led the chants, "No more war!" and they were met with having the lights to their delegations turned off. The lights remained turned off for the rest of the evening.

To be sure, these delegations are the conscience of the progressive wing of our Party. There has been a healthy tension every night related to the actions of Oregon and California.

Most of the talk on the floor of the convention has been about bringing unity to the Party. There remains a significant schism between Democrats who do not support war, fracking, and trade deals and those who do.

On a lighter side, there is much talk about people's attire; especially the head attire. Sara Laird, Sanders delegate from Adams County's South Mountain, was approached by the Smithsonian Institution. Her hat with photos of her children and buttons supporting the issues most important to her has earned a place in the Smithsonian's collection!

We left the arena around midnight and headed to a huge party for the PA delegation, finally climbing into bed at around 3 a.m. And, we're looking at another long day today. We are going shopping for items to place in an auction basket for the Franklin County Democratic Committee's fall dinner.

Then we will attend the lunch meeting and will demand to hear from our congressional candidates. After lunch we'll head to a party with Lady Gaga and Lenny Kravitz.

We'll be pumped for our last evening when we'll hear from our candidate for president, Hillary Clinton.